Is heart rate training still relevant in the age of the power meter?

With power meters gaining in popularity, is there still a benefit to training to heart rate?

You might assume that the inexorable rise of the power meter, in pro and amateur ranks alike, has rendered redundant the humble heart-rate monitor. To what extent is heart rate (HR) still an important training metric?

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